The Tennessee Tech Baseball team opened up OVC play this past weekend with a three-game series at Little Rock. The Golden Eagles were able to invade the Trojans and sweep them on their home field to open up conference play with a 3-0 record. Game one was a low-scoring affair, […]
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Tech falls in round one of March Madness
The historic 2024-25 season has come to an end for the Tennessee Tech Women’s basketball team as they fell to South Carolina 108-48 in the first round of the NCAA tournament last Friday. Tech entered the tournament as an automatic qualifier after winning both the OVC regular season championship and […]
Golden Eagles dominate in 3-game series
The Tennessee Tech Softball squad recently swept conference opponent Western Illinois, winning all three games in the weekend series. On Saturday, March 22, Tech took down the Leathernecks twice. Game one went into extra innings, ultimately resulting in a 5-4 victory in favor of the Golden Eagles. Later that evening, […]
Tech Football begins spring practice
The Tennessee Tech football team officially began their second spring practice slate under head coach Bobby Wilder on Tuesday, Mar. 25. The Golden Eagles are coming off of an OVC championship run in 2024 as they finished 7-5 with a conference record of 6-2 in Wilder’s first season. There is […]
Cookeville City Council addresses bids for city projects
A set of agendas were discussed at the Cookeville City Council meeting on March 6 pertaining to the city’s water quality and the town’s infrastructure. One of the agendas discussed in the meeting was phase 2 of the East Spring Street Multimodal Grant Sidewalk Project, undergone by the Community […]
Student loan debt outpacing inflation and wages
Student loan debt in the United States reached a record $1.7 trillion in 2025, affecting nearly 45 million Americans. As tuition fees continue to rise, new graduates face long-term financial consequences, delaying homeownership, retirement savings, and career choices, according to data from the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Department of […]
Federal Funding Cuts Over “Illegal Protests” Creates Concern on Campus
President Trump made a post on social media March 4 stating colleges, schools and universities would lose federal funding if they allowed “illegal protests.” What constitutes an “illegal protest” wasn’t clearly defined in the post. The president made the post after protests regarding the war in Gaza on the campuses […]
Tech alum Butch Wilmore returns after nine months in space
Astronauts Barry Wilmore, a two-time Tech graduate and trustee, and Sunita Williams landed on earth last Tuesday, March 18 following a nine month space odyssey that was originally scheduled to be eight days. The SpaceX Dragon capsule landed in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing home Wilmore, Williams, NASA astronaut Nick […]
Tech ordered to promote and pay back pay in lawsuit
Story by Bee Goodman and Audrey Palladino. On February 8, 2025, United States District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. signed a memorandum opinion and order of the court for Tennessee Tech University to promote Dr. Kristen Deiter to the rank of full professor retroactive to August 1, 2021, and to […]
Greek Life on Campus: A Data-Driven Look at the Impact on College Students
Across more than 800 college campuses, there are nearly 750,000 students involved in Greek life. Beyond the letters and traditions, the question remains: does joining a fraternity or sorority shape a college student’s experience for the better, or does it come with hidden downsides? Some research suggests Greek affiliation can […]